The last version of the Windows Live Essentials software suite. You can no longer download Windows Live Essentials from Microsoft or use the web downloader.
Windows Live Essentials was a free software suite available for Windows, it included a photo gallery, video editor, email client, blogging word processor, OneDrive (an online storage client), and a messaging application. If you run the installer on Windows 7, you can install Family Safety, which adds parental controls features in Windows 7. Since this service is online connected, it probably doesn't work with web reports, as was touted as a headline feature. When it was still being supported and new versions were being released, it was feature-rich software suite.
Windows Live Essentials 2012 has:
- Photo Gallery
- Movie Maker
- Mail (support limited)
- Messenger (no longer functional)
- Writer (newer version available, note: Newer version no longer developed directly by Microsoft)
- OneDrive (newer version available)
- Family Safety (Windows 7 only)
You must be running Windows 7 or later to run Windows Live Essentials 2012. Note that some functionality, such as Messenger, no longer function.
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8DownAtJokela
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April 14, 2024
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Stuck on download
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wrduser1
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March 20, 2024
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thanks for the people who are still seeding
my connection to
archive.org is bad, so i had to use torrent. seeding is caring.
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sportaflop
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January 8, 2024
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GREAT
It works, all WLE programs are functioning, no isssues
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weliveinnasusiety
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January 1, 2024
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wmm works on windows 11
YEAAHHHH!!!!!!! was able to open movie maker on a new laptop that has windows 11 preinstalled!
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Nobruca
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November 28, 2023
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Works fine!
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ddengle
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November 6, 2023
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Worked
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Screen Singer
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October 27, 2023
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Don't Panic! It will work.
If you are on Windows 07 Ultimate like me, I have, and If you run that setup to set it up for the first time, Then do not yell like "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDGE!!!" like me. Stay calm. It will be OK.
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NotAViper
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September 13, 2023
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It's working
YEY
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external_oblique
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August 13, 2023
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it's good
worked fine for me!!! was looking for moviemaker, thanks brotha
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Leo539
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August 7, 2023
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works
thanks!!!
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chakkyx
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August 5, 2023
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Downloaded this on Windows 11
I will still use this, Microsoft. You cannot stop me.
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pn souzasantos
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July 22, 2023
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Doesn't works
It always gives me error 0x800c0006.
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robloxplayer12345678910
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July 19, 2023
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movie maker
i love windows movie maker the old good days
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Noah Walters
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May 17, 2023
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Loved it
Thanks i was looking for this
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maxhatei
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April 30, 2023
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Recommend also (for a full experience kit):
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giraffesite
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February 20, 2023
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it always gives me an error
i wanted movie maker to make old youtube like videos but it never downloads
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noop inlo
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February 18, 2023
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How to not install MSN Live messenger
go to advanced and deselect all of them except for movie maker/photo gallery.
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dead gay
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January 17, 2023
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help
this shit aint work bro help i downloaded it and clicked close after it did everything i was suppose too and it just never fucking opened or worked smh
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Fr2012s Archive Corner
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January 11, 2023
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very good
Good software even today
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Visual Bible Movies
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December 14, 2022
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@ Vincent Bello204
If you still need help finding your installation of Windows Essentials, then email me at johnwesleyburks@
gmail.com and I can help you and walk you through it...
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K1tana
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December 11, 2022
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Amazing
Thank you for having this so readily available
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h5x2
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November 22, 2022
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its good
read title. also reviewer MewIchigo is stupid lol
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HarmonySucksEvenMoreatGaming
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October 11, 2022
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This Works Really Well!!!
This is on my HP Laptop my Windows 7 VM and they all work really great (except that last time when i used an old 7 vm and it failed)
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Michael Cortez714
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October 8, 2022
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Mind-Blown
Holy shit, this actually worked! Thank you so much!
Current version of Windows I'm using:
Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview (Version 22H2)
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DanAtuch
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September 7, 2022
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Good
How do I prevent Messenger from installing though? It causes a lot of problems with my Escargot version
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aced4rk
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August 19, 2022
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Nice!
I make low quality memes with this, works great! Crashes when i try to log in to my outlook to publish the video in yt but still works fine
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NintendoDSiFirmware
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July 10, 2022
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very cool
i love how I can get movie maker in my windows 7 VM
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ARFCHIVE
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June 23, 2022
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Amazing!!!
I didn't get a virus, only used to install movie maker because I needed it for something even if its been discontinued... I <3 windows movie maker. thank you for this
review written with love by me <3
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MewIchigo
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June 23, 2022
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bruh
tried installing it on my grandmas computer and got a virus and now it wont start, eh the thing was slow as hell anyway
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Anonymous
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June 12, 2022
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Where is movie maker on my device
I downloaded this, installed movie maker, but I can't find it. Where would it be on my computer?
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Jeremías Borja
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May 23, 2022
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Works great on Windows 11 22H2
Works great on Windows 11 22H2
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BandBoxBrawl
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April 22, 2022
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Nostalgia Hits Hard
It's just as I remember, down to the last detail. Installation from an executable was quick and easy, as always.
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Rastaly Brizuelas
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February 20, 2022
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Si funciona Movie Maker.
Si funciona, no es spam, fijarse que dice o no aparece que se descargó pero al revisar si está descargado. todo ok. Gracias.
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OldInternetTraveller
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January 21, 2022
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Absolute chad, thank you.
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MaxiRC
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January 12, 2022
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Works perfectly
Thank you !
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Shawn Poh
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September 17, 2021
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Amazing
Love this, I just the beautiful icons to the design layout to the feature-rich menus :) it is the perfect suite of apps to make your life easier either through many family memories through photo albums and photo gallery. Making a slideshow in. All the possibilities, mail app works fine. You have to use IMAP or POP3.
Download on Windows 10 21H2 Insider Edge.
IT even has easy to add RSS, so useful for my canvas notfiatoins for annnouments.
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Something I Guess
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August 26, 2021
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CHAD!!!!!CHAD!!!!!!
SOMEBODY UPLOADED THIS I CAN FINALLY USE THIS ON MY WINDOWS 7 VM
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Rick77730
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July 1, 2021
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Movie Maker download
Well, it said, "it didn't down load" and you know what? It didn't download. I tried 4 times with the same results. People here said they got the same message "failed to download" but when they checked it was downloaded.
I have win 10 with MS edge..Is this common?
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Thestarr16
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June 3, 2021
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I can tell you it's no virus, and it gets the job done!
I am always scared that I will get a virus on my computer from downloading pretty old things. I tried it on a virtual machine, and worked. So for those people who are not sure if it is the thing, it is and it's safe
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Toro_king
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February 20, 2021
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Thanks
Now I can run movie maker which I could not figure out how to get it before. The mail app works but when you try to compose a email it gives a error message.
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ZeroUm
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January 2, 2021
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Still can't run it on Win 7
Try it several times, get the same error messager but it doesn't get installed.
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naderthana
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November 16, 2020
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EXE
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Luckyluckylucky
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October 9, 2020
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Genius!
I've been looking for Movie Maker for soooo long and finally a way to get it back on the PC. You are my hero!
To second what the others have said:
When you download the file, windows will probably install framework first (it did for me), then it progressed to installing the actual program. I selected only 'gallery and movie maker'. It ran through the install, got to the end and said it failed to install but when i looked on my computer Movie Maker App was BACK BABY!
Works perfectly, thanks again mate
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jorge_mt
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August 10, 2020
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Installs ok (but with error message)
I installed it in a few machines with Windows 10 Home and Pro, and in all of them over at the end it deploys an error message saying it couldn't install.
However, if did install and works fine.
The cause of the problem might be that before installing the program itself, it needs to install Framework 3.5 (does it automatically) but it warns that a reboot might be needed, before proceeding directil to install Essentials. Anyway, it works.
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KnowerAnt
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August 3, 2020
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Works well
Works as it should and is great! Thanks!
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carlospimen
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July 8, 2020
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Gracias
Muchas Gracias Por tu aporte amigo, me ha sido de gran ayuda!
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SirJoshi
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May 27, 2020
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Excelent
The True Way to Edit Videos.
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ascrew
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May 11, 2020
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Installing
After several tries, I've finally got it on my W7 SP1. Previously I searched for Windows Live in C: Program Archives after uninstalling it completely with Revo then install Windows Live Essentials
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debdtexas
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May 3, 2020
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Amazing - I can use the "Microsoft Windows Live Essentials 2012 again!
I have a new 2020 Lenovo that has just about everything imaginable on it except one thing. The Photo Gallery that I have come to depend on for so many years. It was so easy to use and served the purpose. I was so happy to find this. At first it said error but on 2nd try it was there at the bottom of the page. I needed to follow a couple of extra steps that my pc didn't have but it found them and installed and completed installation. It's perfect. Thank you so much!!!
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Onetimeuseaccount
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February 1, 2020
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Wow
It actually worked. I was so paranoid that I was just downloading a bunch of viruses but it actually worked and now I can enjoy both windows 10 AND Movie maker. I literally made an account just to comment this. Thank you so much.
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EpicGamerPro
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October 13, 2019
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Sadly does not work with youtube.
Everything is perfect! But to upload these videos to youtube, you have to save it. The Youtube Intergration to this program does not work anymore. Besides that, everything is fine!
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herobrinebacon
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August 18, 2019
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Movie Maker works
Got this just for movie maker, install said it failed, however, everything is working as it should be.
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Viejo73
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April 26, 2019
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Works Great!
I'm not mcuh of a computer whiz, so I found the following video to help me....it was excellent.
"How to get back back Movie Maker and Photo Gallery on Windows 10" by Chris Waite. (He uses the
archive.org download)(As you know Photo Gallery doesn't work)
btw, today is 04-25-2019
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elreymon
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January 5, 2019
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Not working for me
On a Windows 7 not working for me. After a install (that says it´s failed) the programs says that a lot of .dll are missing.
¿Any clue?
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0pUWfm1485b
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November 24, 2018
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Worked
This is what you do - run in compatibility mode for Windows 7, DON'T run as administrator, and run the installer a few times and it'll say they didn't install but it will install them one by one.
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memga.68
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August 7, 2018
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Error en instalación
He intentado instalar el programa pero me da error en la instalación. Como podría solventarlo?
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Zohan Gzz
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August 3, 2018
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Funcionando.
Debo decir que me sorprendió el hecho de encontrar una publicación en español en esta página.
Gracias.
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Windowsuser
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July 18, 2018
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Is working with Windows 10 64 Home
Followed the link from
Dinside.no.
The installation program failed, but the Movie Maker was installed !
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NotMyArchiveAccount
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June 24, 2018
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Works as it should
It works.
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moosechic
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March 14, 2018
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IT WORKED!
I have been looking for months to find Movie Maker! I tried a few different downloads, none worked, but this one did! I'm running Windows 10 64 bit.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!